At 9:19 AM -0800 1/7/10, Morken, Tim wrote:
>I assure you "floaters" are not trivial in a diagnostic setting. Imagine a
>case biopsied for suspected melanoma. The tissue appears clear of melanoma but
>on the edge there is a small piece that is suspicious. But other slides do not
>show that piece
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Subject: RE: [Histonet] Policy on Floaters
I second that questi
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on Floaters
Lots of traffic on this one. Yes you definitely need a policy. The
policy should define how you will "try" to eliminate floaters ie; clean
water bath after each block, spray/wipe/change paper towels after each
specimen while grossing etc
ot;Marcia Funk"
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Floaters
Yes, you are so right, for patient safety and yo
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Floaters
Yes, you are so right, for patient safety and your safety, policy
Floaters
Yes, you are so right, for patient safety and your safety, policy is a must.
Protects you and the patient.
Marcia
Marcia Funk
Histology Laboratory
Mercy Medical Center North Iowa
Mason City, IA, 50401
641-422-7907
>>> Mark Tarango 01/06/2010 2:21 PM >>>
Your goal is not to have
You document it in the QA file and prepare a follow up in the PI program.
René J.
--- On Wed, 1/6/10, Bill wrote:
From: Bill
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Policy on Floaters
To: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 3:12 PM
At 12:02 PM -0800 1/6/10, Re
nd if necessary, include in any QC,
CQI, QA program.
Hope this helps, Terri
Terri L. Braud, HT(ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
Laboratory
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
1648 Huntingdon Pike
Meadowbrook, PA 19046
(215) 938-3676 phone
(215) 938-3689 fax
From: Cho, Soo-Jin
Subject: [H
Your goal is not to have floaters. If you get one, your policy should set
out to determine the cause of these incidents. You should track who did it
(in a spreadsheet), where it happened (grossing, embedding, cutting...).
Then you should have a meeting every so often with people from the lab and
] Policy on Floaters
At 12:02 PM -0800 1/6/10, Rene J Buesa wrote:
>It is difficult for you to find a "policy on floaters" because any lab will
>try to not get any floater.
>It could be said that 1 floater is 1 too many. The goal is "0" floaters.
Since no one is per
At 12:02 PM -0800 1/6/10, Rene J Buesa wrote:
>It is difficult for you to find a "policy on floaters" because any lab will
>try to not get any floater.
>It could be said that 1 floater is 1 too many. The goal is "0" floaters.
Since no one is perfect and floaters WILL happen at every lab, what do
It is difficult for you to find a "policy on floaters" because any lab will try
to not get any floater.
It could be said that 1 floater is 1 too many. The goal is "0" floaters.
René J.
--- On Wed, 1/6/10, Cho, Soo-Jin wrote:
From: Cho, Soo-Jin
Subject: [Histonet] P
Hello, I'm a resident at UCSF currently working on a QA/QI project regarding
floaters, with the ultimate goal of formulating a departmental policy regarding
floaters. Despite extensive searching on the internet and the Histonet
archives, I have not found any concrete examples of policies at oth
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